List of ''Law & Order'' episodes

Law & Order is a police procedural and legal drama series that premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990. Set in New York City, where episodes were also filmed, the series ran for twenty seasons before it was cancelled on May 14, 2010, and aired its final episode ten days later on May 24.^[1] After its cancellation, AMC Network considered reviving Law & Order for a twenty-first season;^[2] however, in July 2010, Dick Wolf indicated that attempts had failed and he declared that the series had now "moved to the history books".^[3]

A total of 456 original episodes and one TV movie of Law & Order aired before cancellation.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	22		September 13, 1990 (1990-09-13)	June 9, 1991 (1991-06-09)
	2	22		September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)	May 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)
	3	22		September 23, 1992 (1992-09-23)	May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19)
	4	22		September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
	5	23		September 21, 1994 (1994-09-21)	May 24, 1995 (1995-05-24)
	6	23		September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22)
	7	23		September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)	May 21, 1997 (1997-05-21)
	8	24		September 24, 1997 (1997-09-24)	May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)
	9	24		September 23, 1998 (1998-09-23)	May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26)
	Film			November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08)
	10	24		September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22)	May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24)
	11	24		October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)	May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
	12	24		September 26, 2001 (2001-09-26)	May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)
	13	24		October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)	May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21)
	14	24		September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24)	May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)
	15	24		September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)
	16	22		September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17)
	17	22		September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)	May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)
	18	18		January 2, 2008 (2008-01-02)	May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21)
	19	22		November 5, 2008 (2008-11-05)	June 3, 2009 (2009-06-03)
	20	23		September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)	May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24)

Episodes

Season 1 (1990–91)

• The sixth episode "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" was the original pilot made by CBS in 1988, but instead NBC decided to air "Prescription for Death" as the pilot episode of the series in 1990.
• George Dzundza (Max Greevey) left the cast at the end of the first season. He was replaced by Paul Sorvino.
• S. Epatha Merkerson guest stars as Denise Winters in the episode "Mushrooms". She then joins the main cast as Anita Van Buren three seasons later.
• 13 episodes (excluding the CBS pilot) were filmed from the spring to the summer of 1990 before being broadcast. 13 episodes were already in can when the show premiered on NBC.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Prescription for Death"	John P. Whitesell II	Story by : David Black & Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman	September 13, 1990 (1990-09-13)	66209
2	2	"Subterranean Homeboy Blues"	E.W. Swackhamer	Robert Palm	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20)	66205
3	3	"The Reaper's Helper"	Vern Gillum	Story by : Thomas Francis McElroy Teleplay by : Thomas Francis McElroy & David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan	October 4, 1990 (1990-10-04)	66215
4	4	"Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die"	Charles Correll	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : Robert Stuart Nathan	October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11)	66210
5	5	"Happily Ever After"	Vern Gillum	Story by : Dick Wolf & David Black Teleplay by : David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan	October 23, 1990 (1990-10-23)	66212
6	6	"Everybody's Favorite Bagman"	John Patterson	Dick Wolf	October 30, 1990 (1990-10-30)	83543
7	7	"By Hooker, By Crook"	Martin Davidson	David Black	November 13, 1990 (1990-11-13)	66203
8	8	"Poison Ivy"	E.W. Swackhamer	Story by : Jack Richardson & Jacob Brackman Teleplay by : Jacob Brackman	November 20, 1990 (1990-11-20)	66211
9	9	"Indifference"	James Quinn	Robert Palm	November 27, 1990 (1990-11-27)	66207
10	10	"Prisoner of Love"	Michael Fresco	Story by : David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan Teleplay by : Robert Stuart Nathan	December 4, 1990 (1990-12-04)	66208
11	11	"Out of the Half-Light"	E.W. Swackhamer	Michael Duggan	December 11, 1990 (1990-12-11)	66202
12	12	"Life Choice"	Aaron Lipstadt	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan	January 8, 1991 (1991-01-08)	66213
13	13	"A Death in the Family"	Gwen Arner	Story by : Joe Viola Teleplay by : Joe Viola & David Black	January 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)	66204
14	14	"The Violence of Summer"	Don Scardino	Michael Duggan	February 5, 1991 (1991-02-05)	66219
15	15	"The Torrents of Greed"	E.W. Swackhamer	Story by : Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin	February 12, 1991 (1991-02-12)	66222
16	16	"The Torrents of Greed (Part II)"	E.W. Swackhamer	Story by : Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin	February 19, 1991 (1991-02-19)	66225
17	17	"Mushrooms"	Daniel Sackheim	Robert Palm	February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26)	66218
18	18	"The Secret Sharers"	E.W. Swackhamer	Robert Stuart Nathan	March 12, 1991 (1991-03-12)	66221
19	19	"The Serpent's Tooth"	Don Scardino	Story by : I.C. Rapoport & Joshua Stern Teleplay by : René Balcer & Robert Stuart Nathan	March 19, 1991 (1991-03-19)	66224
20	20	"The Troubles"	John P. Whitesell II	Story by : Dick Wolf & Robert Palm Teleplay by : Robert Palm	March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)	66214
21	21	"Sonata for Solo Organ"	Fred Gerber	Story by : Joe Morgenstern & Michael Duggan Teleplay by : Joe Morgenstern & Michael S. Chernuchin	April 2, 1991 (1991-04-02)	66226
22	22	"The Blue Wall"	Vern Gillum	Story by : Dick Wolf & Robert Stuart Nathan Teleplay by : Robert Stuart Nathan	June 9, 1991 (1991-06-09)	66220

Season 2 (1991–92)

• Paul Sorvino joined the cast as Phil Cerreta.
• The episode "The Wages of Love" guest-starred Jerry Orbach as a defense attorney. He became Mike Logan's new partner the next season as wisecracking detective Lennie Briscoe.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
23	1	"Confession"	Fred Gerber	Michael Duggan & Robert Palm	September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)	67416
24	2	"The Wages of Love"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Robert Stuart Nathan & Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman	September 24, 1991 (1991-09-24)	67405
25	3	"Aria"	Don Scardino	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin Teleplay by : Christine Roum	October 1, 1991 (1991-10-01)	67411
26	4	"Asylum"	Kristoffer Siegel-Tabori	Story by : Robert Palm Teleplay by : Kathy McCormick	October 8, 1991 (1991-10-08)	67409
27	5	"God Bless the Child"	E.W. Swackhamer	David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan	October 22, 1991 (1991-10-22)	67404
28	6	"Misconception"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by : Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin	October 29, 1991 (1991-10-29)	67410
29	7	"In Memory Of"	Ed Sherin	Story by : David Black & Siobhan Byrne Teleplay by : David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan	November 5, 1991 (1991-11-05)	67413
30	8	"Out of Control"	John Whitesell	Story by : David Black & Robert Stuart Nathan Teleplay by : Jack Richardson	November 12, 1991 (1991-11-12)	67403
31	9	"Renunciation"	Gwen Arner	Michael S. Chernuchin & Joe Morgenstern	November 19, 1991 (1991-11-19)	67414
32	10	"Heaven"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Robert Palm Teleplay by : Nancy Ann Miller & Robert Palm	November 26, 1991 (1991-11-26)	67415
33	11	"His Hour Upon the Stage"	Steve Cohen	Robert Nathan & Giles Blunt	December 10, 1991 (1991-12-10)	67407
34	12	"Star Struck"	Ed Sherin	Story by : David Black & Alan Gelb Teleplay by : Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth	January 7, 1992 (1992-01-07)	67406
35	13	"Severance"	Jim Frawley	Story by : Michael Duggan & William N. Fordes Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes	January 14, 1992 (1992-01-14)	67418
36	14	"Blood Is Thicker"	Peter Levin	Story by : Robert Nathan & Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman	February 4, 1992 (1992-02-04)	67422
37	15	"Trust"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by : Michael Duggan & René Balcer Teleplay by : René Balcer	February 11, 1992 (1992-02-11)	67417
38	16	"Vengeance"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by : Peter S. Greenberg & Michael S. Chernuchin Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	February 18, 1992 (1992-02-18)	67420
39	17	"Sisters of Mercy"	Fred Gerber	Story by : Robert Palm & René Balcer Teleplay by : René Balcer	March 3, 1992 (1992-03-03)	67423
40	18	"Cradle to Grave"	James Frawley	Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth	March 31, 1992 (1992-03-31)	67424
41	19	"The Fertile Fields"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	April 7, 1992 (1992-04-07)	67425
42	20	"Intolerance"	Steven Robman	Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth	April 14, 1992 (1992-04-14)	67426
43	21	"Silence"	Ed Sherin	Story by : René Balcer & Michael Duggan Teleplay by : René Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin	April 28, 1992 (1992-04-28)	67427
44	22	"The Working Stiff"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by : William N. Fordes & Robert Palm Teleplay by : Robert Palm	May 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)	67428

Season 3 (1992–93)

• Paul Sorvino (Phil Cerreta) left the cast after the episode "Point of View". He was replaced by Jerry Orbach (Lennie Briscoe) who came in during that episode.
• Carolyn McCormick joined the cast as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
• Dann Florek (Don Cragen) and Richard Brooks (Paul Robinette) left the cast after the episode "Benevolence;" they both returned in guest roles. Florek was replaced by S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren), and Brooks was replaced by Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid).

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
45	1	"Skin Deep"	Daniel Sackheim	Robert Nathan & Gordon Rayfield	September 23, 1992 (1992-09-23)	68009
46	2	"Conspiracy"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	September 30, 1992 (1992-09-30)	68006
47	3	"Forgiveness"	Bill D'Elia	Story by : Robert Nathan & Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman	October 7, 1992 (1992-10-07)	68005
48	4	"The Corporate Veil"	Don Scardino	Michael S. Chernuchin & Joe Morgenstern	October 14, 1992 (1992-10-14)	68007
49	5	"Wedded Bliss"	Vern Gillum	Robert Nathan & Edward Pomerantz	October 21, 1992 (1992-10-21)	68004
50	6	"Helpless"	James Frawley	Michael S. Chernuchin & Christine Roum	November 4, 1992 (1992-11-04)	68011
51	7	"Self-Defense"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer & Hall Powell	November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11)	68008
52	8	"Prince of Darkness"	Gilbert Shilton	Robert Nathan & William N. Fordes	November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18)	68003
53	9	"Point of View"	Gilbert Moses	Walon Green & René Balcer	November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25)	68012
54	10	"Consultation"	James Hayman	Matt Kiene & Joseph Reinkemeyer	December 9, 1992 (1992-12-09)	68014
55	11	"Extended Family"	Charles Correll	Story by : Wendell Rawls Teleplay by : Wendell Rawls & Robert Nathan	January 6, 1993 (1993-01-06)	68015
56	12	"Right to Counsel"	James Frawley	Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick	January 13, 1993 (1993-01-13)	68019
57	13	"Night and Fog"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	February 3, 1993 (1993-02-03)	68018
58	14	"Promises to Keep"	Ed Sherin	Story by : William N. Fordes & Douglas Stark Teleplay by : Robert Nathan & Joshua Stern	February 10, 1993 (1993-02-10)	68022
59	15	"Mother Love"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by : Walon Green & Robert Nathan Teleplay by : Robert Nathan	February 24, 1993 (1993-02-24)	68024
60	16	"Jurisdiction"	Bruce Seth Green	Walon Green & René Balcer	March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03)	68017
61	17	"Conduct Unbecoming"	Arthur W. Forney	Story by : Walon Green & Peter S. Greenberg Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	March 10, 1993 (1993-03-10)	68023
62	18	"Animal Instinct"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & Sibyl Gardner	March 17, 1993 (1993-03-17)	68021
63	19	"Virus"	Steven Robman	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	April 21, 1993 (1993-04-21)	68010
64	20	"Securitate"	James Hayman	Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer	May 5, 1993 (1993-05-05)	68026
65	21	"Manhood"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Walon Green & Robert Nathan Teleplay by : Robert Nathan	May 12, 1993 (1993-05-12)	68025
66	22	"Benevolence"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Douglas Palau Teleplay by : René Balcer & Douglas Palau	May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19)	68028

Season 4 (1993–94)

• S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren) and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) joined the cast.
• Carolyn McCormick (Elizabeth Olivet) and Michael Moriarty (Benjamin Stone) left the cast at the end of the season. Moriarty was replaced by Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy) in season 5.
• This season the opening sequence changed to a shorter version with more bass.
• Beginning with this season, Florek directed several episodes before joining the cast of its 1999 spin-off, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
67	1	"Sweeps"	James Frawley	Craig McNeer & Robert Nathan	September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)	69009
68	2	"Volunteers"	James Quinn	René Balcer	September 29, 1993 (1993-09-29)	69017
69	3	"Discord"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 6, 1993 (1993-10-06)	69012
70	4	"Profile"	E.W. Swackhamer	Story by : Gordon Rayfield Teleplay by : Gordon Rayfield & Ed Zuckerman	October 13, 1993 (1993-10-13)	69010
71	5	"Black Tie"	Arthur W. Forney	Walon Green & Michael S. Chernuchin	October 20, 1993 (1993-10-20)	69004
72	6	"Pride and Joy"	Gilbert Shilton	Edward Pomerantz & Robert Nathan	October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27)	69006
73	7	"Apocrypha"	Gabrielle Beaumont	Michael S. Chernuchin	November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03)	69013
74	8	"American Dream"	Constantine Makris	Sibyl Gardner	November 9, 1993 (1993-11-09)	69018
75	9	"Born Bad"	Fred Gerber	Michael S. Chernuchin & Sally Nemeth	November 16, 1993 (1993-11-16)	69021
76	10	"The Pursuit of Happiness"	Dann Florek	Morgan Gendel & Robert Nathan	December 1, 1993 (1993-12-01)	69005
77	11	"Golden Years"	Helaine Head	Story by : Doug Palau Teleplay by : Doug Palau & Ed Zuckerman	January 5, 1994 (1994-01-05)	69008
78	12	"Snatched"	Constantine Makris	Walon Green & René Balcer	January 12, 1994 (1994-01-12)	69024
79	13	"Breeder"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	January 19, 1994 (1994-01-19)	69023
80	14	"Censure"	Ed Sherin	William N. Fordes	February 2, 1994 (1994-02-02)	69026
81	15	"Kids"	Don Scardino	Michael Harbert & Robert Nathan	February 9, 1994 (1994-02-09)	69028
82	16	"Big Bang"	Dann Florek	Ed Zuckerman	March 2, 1994 (1994-03-02)	69027
83	17	"Mayhem"	James Quinn	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & Walon Green Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	March 9, 1994 (1994-03-09)	69029
84	18	"Wager"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & Harvey Solomon Teleplay by : Kevin Arkadie & Harvey Solomon	March 30, 1994 (1994-03-30)	69002
85	19	"Sanctuary"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes	April 13, 1994 (1994-04-13)	69030
86	20	"Nurture"	Jace Alexander	Paris Qualles & Ed Zuckerman	May 4, 1994 (1994-05-04)	69011
87	21	"Doubles"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	May 18, 1994 (1994-05-18)	69001
88	22	"Old Friends"	James Quinn	Story by : Robert Nathan & Joshua Stern Teleplay by : Joshua Stern	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)	69031

Season 5 (1994–95)

• Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy) joined the cast. Dann Florek reprises his role as Donald Cragen in the episode "Bad Faith".
• This is the final season in which Chris Noth was a member of the regular cast as Mike Logan; he later would reprise his character in the TV movie Exiled: A Law & Order Movie in 1998, and on the series second spin-off, Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2005 until 2008. He was replaced by Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) in season 6.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
89	1	"Second Opinion"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & Jeremy R. Littman	September 21, 1994 (1994-09-21)	69408
90	2	"Coma"	Jace Alexander	Ed Zuckerman	September 28, 1994 (1994-09-28)	69406
91	3	"Blue Bamboo"	Don Scardino	Story by : René Balcer & Hall Powell Teleplay by : René Balcer & Morgan Gendel	October 5, 1994 (1994-10-05)	69402
92	4	"Family Values"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer & William N. Fordes	October 12, 1994 (1994-10-12)	69401
93	5	"White Rabbit"	Steven Robman	Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel	October 19, 1994 (1994-10-19)	69411
94	6	"Competence"	Fred Gerber	Michael S. Chernuchin & Mark B. Perry	November 2, 1994 (1994-11-02)	69409
95	7	"Precious"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport	November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09)	69410
96	8	"Virtue"	Martha Mitchell	Mark B. Perry & Jeremy R. Littman	November 23, 1994 (1994-11-23)	69412
97	9	"Scoundrels"	Marc Laub	Ed Zuckerman & Charles C. Mann	November 30, 1994 (1994-11-30)	69415
98	10	"House Counsel"	James Quinn	Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick	January 4, 1995 (1995-01-04)	69413
99	11	"Guardian"	Christopher Misiano	Story by : René Balcer & Brad Markowitz Teleplay by : René Balcer & William N. Fordes	January 11, 1995 (1995-01-11)	69404
100	12	"Progeny"	Don Scardino	Story by : Morgan Gendel & Mark B. Perry Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel	January 25, 1995 (1995-01-25)	69416
101	13	"Rage"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin	February 1, 1995 (1995-02-01)	69414
102	14	"Performance"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman	February 8, 1995 (1995-02-08)	69419
103	15	"Seed"	Don Scardino	Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond	February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)	69420
104	16	"Wannabe"	Lewis H. Gould	René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport	March 15, 1995 (1995-03-15)	69417
105	17	"Act of God"	Constantine Makris	Ed Zuckerman & Walter Dallenbach	March 22, 1995 (1995-03-22)	69422
106	18	"Privileged"	Vincent Misiano	Jeremy R. Littman & Suzanne O'Malley	April 5, 1995 (1995-04-05)	69418
107	19	"Cruel and Unusual"	Matthew Penn	René Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin	April 19, 1995 (1995-04-19)	69423
108	20	"Bad Faith"	Dann Florek	René Balcer	April 26, 1995 (1995-04-26)	69426
109	21	"Purple Heart"	Arthur W. Forney	Morgan Gendel & William N. Fordes	May 3, 1995 (1995-05-03)	69421
110	22	"Switch"	Christopher Misiano	Jeremy R. Littman & Sibyl Gardner	May 17, 1995 (1995-05-17)	69425
111	23	"Pride"	Ed Sherin	Ed Zuckerman & Gene Ritchings	May 24, 1995 (1995-05-24)	69427

Season 6 (1995–96)

• Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) joined the cast; Richard Brooks reprises his role as former ADA Paul Robinette; and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) left the cast at the end of the season, with her character being killed.
• The season finale episode "Aftershock" was the first and only episode of the entire Law & Order series not to feature a case and instead focus on the characters' private lives. Claire Kincaid is killed in a car accident, injuring Detective Lennie Briscoe.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
112	1	"Bitter Fruit"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman	September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	K0105
113	2	"Rebels"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Suzanne O'Malley Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman & Suzanne O'Malley	September 27, 1995 (1995-09-27)	K0106
114	3	"Savages"	Jace Alexander	Morgan Gendal & Barry M. Schkolnick & Michael S. Chernuchin	October 18, 1995 (1995-10-18)	K0103
115	4	"Jeopardy"	Christopher Misiano	René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman	November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)	K0107
116	5	"Hot Pursuit"	Lewis H. Gould	Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel	November 8, 1995 (1995-11-08)	K0110
117	6	"Paranoia"	Fred Gerber	Michael S. Chernuchin	November 15, 1995 (1995-11-15)	K0104
118	7	"Humiliation"	Matthew Penn	Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick	November 22, 1995 (1995-11-22)	K0111
119	8	"Angel"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond	November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)	K0114
120	9	"Blood Libel"	Constantine Makris	Story by : René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport Teleplay by : I.C. Rapoport	January 3, 1996 (1996-01-03)	K0109
121	10	"Remand"	Jace Alexander	René Balcer & Elaine Loeser	January 10, 1996 (1996-01-10)	K0113
122	11	"Corpus Delicti"	Christopher Misiano	Ed Zuckerman & Barry M. Schkolnick	January 17, 1996 (1996-01-17)	K0115
123	12	"Trophy"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : Jeremy R. Littman & Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Jeremy R. Littman	January 31, 1996 (1996-01-31)	K0114
124	13	"Charm City"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & Jorge Zamacona	February 7, 1996 (1996-02-07)	K0116
125	14	"Custody"	Constantine Makris	Story by : René Balcer & Morgan Gendel Teleplay by : Morgan Gendel	February 21, 1996 (1996-02-21)	K0117
126	15	"Encore"	Matthew Penn	Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman	February 28, 1996 (1996-02-28)	K0120
127	16	"Savior"	David Platt	Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick	March 13, 1996 (1996-03-13)	K0121
128	17	"Deceit"	Vincent Misiano	René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann	March 27, 1996 (1996-03-27)	K0118
129	18	"Atonement"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel Teleplay by : Morgan Gendel	April 10, 1996 (1996-04-10)	K0123
130	19	"Slave"	Jace Alexander	René Balcer & Elaine Loeser	April 21, 1996 (1996-04-21)	K0122
131	20	"Girlfriends"	Christopher Misiano	Story by : Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman & Suzanne O'Malley	May 1, 1996 (1996-05-01)	K0124
132	21	"Pro Se"	Lewis H. Gould	René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport	May 8, 1996 (1996-05-08)	K0119
133	22	"Homesick"	Matthew Penn	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick Teleplay by : Barry M. Schkolnick & Elaine Loeser	May 15, 1996 (1996-05-15)	K0126
134	23	"Aftershock"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond Teleplay by : Janis Diamond	May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22)	K0125

Season 7 (1996–97)

• Carey Lowell joined the cast as Jamie Ross, replacing Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) from the previous season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
135	1	"Causa Mortis"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer	September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)	K1106
136	2	"I.D."	Constantine Makris	Ed Zuckerman	September 25, 1996 (1996-09-25)	K1107
137	3	"Good Girl"	Jace Alexander	Jeremy R. Littman	October 2, 1996 (1996-10-02)	K1103
138	4	"Survivor"	Vincent Misiano	Barry M. Schkolnick	October 23, 1996 (1996-10-23)	K1104
139	5	"Corruption"	Matthew Penn	Story by : René Balcer & Gardner Stern Teleplay by : Gardner Stern	October 30, 1996 (1996-10-30)	K1101
140	6	"Double Blind"	Christopher Misiano	Jeremy R. Littman & William N. Fordes	November 6, 1996 (1996-11-06)	K1105
141	7	"Deadbeat"	Constantine Makris	Ed Zuckerman & I.C. Rapoport	November 13, 1996 (1996-11-13)	K1108
142	8	"Family Business"	Lewis H. Gould	Gardner Stern & Barry M. Schkolnick	November 20, 1996 (1996-11-20)	K1111
143	9	"Entrapment"	Matthew Penn	René Balcer & Richard Sweren	January 8, 1997 (1997-01-08)	K1109
144	10	"Legacy"	Brian Mertes	Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman	January 15, 1997 (1997-01-15)	K1113
145	11	"Menace"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Barry M. Schkolnick & I.C. Rapoport Teleplay by : I.C. Rapoport	February 5, 1997 (1997-02-05)	K1114
146	12	"Barter"	Dan Karlok	René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann	February 12, 1997 (1997-02-12)	K1110
147	13	"Matrimony"	Lewis H. Gould	Ed Zuckerman & Richard Sweren	February 19, 1997 (1997-02-19)	K1115
148	14	"Working Mom"	Jace Alexander	Jeremy R. Littman & I.C. Rapoport	February 26, 1997 (1997-02-26)	K1118
149	15	"D-Girl"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern	March 13, 1997 (1997-03-13)	K1119
150	16	"Turnaround"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern	March 20, 1997 (1997-03-20)	K1120
151	17	"Showtime"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern	March 27, 1997 (1997-03-27)	K1121
152	18	"Mad Dog"	Christopher Misiano	René Balcer	April 2, 1997 (1997-04-02)	K1116
153	19	"Double Down"	Arthur W. Forney	Story by : Richard Sweren & Shimon Wincelberg Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman & Shimon Wincelberg	April 16, 1997 (1997-04-16)	K1122
154	20	"We Like Mike"	David Platt	Gardner Stern & I.C. Rapoport	April 30, 1997 (1997-04-30)	K1125
155	21	"Passion"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Barry M. Schkolnick & Richard Sweren Teleplay by : Barry M. Schkolnick	May 7, 1997 (1997-05-07)	K1124
156	22	"Past Imperfect"	Christopher Misiano	Janis Diamond	May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)	K1112
157	23	"Terminal"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman	May 21, 1997 (1997-05-21)	K1102

Season 8 (1997–98)

• This is the first season in the series in which no cast change was made from the previous season.
• This is the first season to feature 24 episodes.
• This is the final season to feature Carey Lowell in the main cast as Jamie Ross. She would make a guest appearance in an episode in the next two seasons as well as becoming a judge on the series third spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
158	1	"Thrill"	Martha Mitchell	René Balcer	September 24, 1997 (1997-09-24)	K2508
159	2	"Denial"	Christopher Misiano	Story by : David Shore & René Balcer Teleplay by : David Shore	October 8, 1997 (1997-10-08)	K2504
160	3	"Navy Blues"	Jace Alexander	Story by : Dick Wolf & Kathy McCormick Teleplay by : Kathy McCormick	October 15, 1997 (1997-10-15)	K2510
161	4	"Harvest"	Matthew Penn	Story by : I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer Teleplay by : I.C. Rapoport	October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)	K2506
162	5	"Nullification"	Constantine Makris	David Black	November 5, 1997 (1997-11-05)	K2507
163	6	"Baby, It's You"	Ed Sherin	Jorge Zamacona	November 12, 1997 (1997-11-12)	K2511
164	7	"Blood"	Jace Alexander	Story by : René Balcer & Craig Tepper Teleplay by : Craig Tepper	November 19, 1997 (1997-11-19)	K2502
165	8	"Shadow"	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren	November 26, 1997 (1997-11-26)	K2505
166	9	"Burned"	Constantine Makris	Siobhan Byrne	December 10, 1997 (1997-12-10)	K2501
167	10	"Ritual"	Brian Mertes	Kathy McCormick & Richard Sweren	December 17, 1997 (1997-12-17)	K2516
168	11	"Under the Influence"	Adam Davidson	René Balcer	January 7, 1998 (1998-01-07)	K2517
169	12	"Expert"	Lewis H. Gould	David Shore & I.C. Rapoport	January 21, 1998 (1998-01-21)	K2518
170	13	"Castoff"	Gloria Muzio	David Black & Harold Schechter	January 28, 1998 (1998-01-28)	K2512
171	14	"Grief"	Christopher Misiano	Suzanne Oshry	February 4, 1998 (1998-02-04)	K2514
172	15	"Faccia a Faccia"	Martha Mitchell	René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann	February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25)	K2519
173	16	"Divorce"	Constantine Makris	Barry M. Schkolnick	March 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)	K2520
174	17	"Carrier"	J. Ranelli	David Black	April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)	K2525
175	18	"Stalker"	Richard Dobbs	Kathy McCormick	April 15, 1998 (1998-04-15)	K2523
176	19	"Disappeared"	David Platt	Richard Sweren & William N. Fordes	April 22, 1998 (1998-04-22)	K2528
177	20	"Burden"	Constantine Makris	David Shore & I.C. Rapoport	April 24, 1998 (1998-04-24)	K2526
178	21	"Bad Girl"	Jace Alexander	René Balcer & Richard Sweren	April 29, 1998 (1998-04-29)	K2524
179	22	"Damaged"	Constantine Makris	Janis Diamond	May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06)	K2522
180	23	"Tabloid"	Brian Mertes	Story by : David Black & Alec Baldwin Teleplay by : David Black	May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13)	K2515
181	24	"Monster"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer & Richard Sweren	May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)	K2527

Season 9 (1998–99)

• Angie Harmon joins the cast as Abbie Carmichael in this season. Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) leaves the cast after this season but returns in the twentieth season episode "Fed".

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
182	1	"Cherished"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Carl Nelson & Scott Tobin & Kathy McCormick Teleplay by : Kathy McCormick	September 23, 1998 (1998-09-23)	E0203
183	2	"DWB"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer	October 7, 1998 (1998-10-07)	E0205
184	3	"Bait"	Lewis H. Gould	Story by : David Shore & I.C. Rapoport Teleplay by : David Shore	October 14, 1998 (1998-10-14)	E0204
185	4	"Flight"	David Platt	Richard Sweren & William N. Fordes	October 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)	E0209
186	5	"Agony"	Constantine Makris	Kathy McCormick	November 4, 1998 (1998-11-04)	E0216
187	6	"Scrambled"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : Judith Hooper & Dick Teresi Teleplay by : Ed Zuckerman	November 11, 1998 (1998-11-11)	E0208
188	7	"Venom"	Jace Alexander	Story by : David Shore & I.C. Rapoport Teleplay by : I.C. Rapoport	November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)	E0206
189	8	"Punk"	Matthew Penn	Story by : Richard Sweren & Matt Witten Teleplay by : Matt Witten	November 25, 1998 (1998-11-25)	E0215
190	9	"True North"	Arthur W. Forney	Ed Zuckerman	December 9, 1998 (1998-12-09)	E0207
191	10	"Hate"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer	January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)	E0214
192	11	"Ramparts"	Matthew Penn	Kathy McCormick & Lynne Litt	January 13, 1999 (1999-01-13)	E0211
193	12	"Haven"	David Platt	David Shore & I.C. Rapoport	February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)	E0219
194	13	"Hunters"	Richard Dobbs	Story by : William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)	E0218
195	14	"Sideshow"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer	February 17, 1999 (1999-02-17)	E0210
196	15	"Disciple"	Martha Mitchell	Story by : Kathy McCormick & Lynne Litt Teleplay by : Richard Sweren & Lynne Litt	February 24, 1999 (1999-02-24)	E0220
197	16	"Harm"	Richard Dobbs	René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann	March 3, 1999 (1999-03-03)	E0213
198	17	"Shield"	Stephen Wertimer	Story by : David Shore & I.C. Rapoport Teleplay by : David Shore & I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer	March 24, 1999 (1999-03-24)	E0220
199	18	"Juvenile"	Lewis H. Gould	Richard Sweren & Lynne Litt	April 14, 1999 (1999-04-14)	E0223
200	19	"Tabula Rasa"	Richard Dobbs	Kathy McCormick & William N. Fordes	April 21, 1999 (1999-04-21)	E0222
201	20	"Empire"	Matthew Penn	Story by : René Balcer & Robert Palm Teleplay by : Robert Palm	May 5, 1999 (1999-05-05)	E0217
202	21	"Ambitious"	Christopher Misiano	Story by : Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick Teleplay by : Barry M. Schkolnick	May 12, 1999 (1999-05-12)	E0221
203	22	"Admissions"	Jace Alexander	Story by : William N. Fordes & Lynne E. Litt Teleplay by : Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt	May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)	E0224
204 205	23 24	"Refuge"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer	May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26)	E0212 E0225

Exiled: A Law & Order Movie

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Jean de Segonzac	Story by: Charles Kipps & Chris Noth Screenplay by: Charles Kipps	November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08)

Season 10 (1999–2000)

• Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) left the cast at the end of the ninth season, and was replaced by Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green) this season. Steven Hill (Adam Schiff) left the cast at the end of the season; he was the last first-season cast member to leave the series.
• This was also the season that aired with the creation of the series’ first spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
206	1	"Gunshow"	Ed Sherin	René Balcer	September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22)	E1106
207	2	"Killerz"	Constantine Makris	Richard Sweren	September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29)	E1103
208	3	"DNR"	David Platt	Story by : William N. Fordes Teleplay by : Kathy McCormick	October 6, 1999 (1999-10-06)	E1109
209	4	"Merger"	Stephen Wertimer	Lynn Mamet	October 13, 1999 (1999-10-13)	E1101
210	5	"Justice"	Matthew Penn	Story by : William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	November 10, 1999 (1999-11-10)	E1104
211	6	"Marathon"	Jace Alexander	Richard Sweren & Matt Witten	November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)	E1105
212	7	"Patsy"	David Platt	René Balcer & Lynne E. Litt	November 24, 1999 (1999-11-24)	E1102
213	8	"Blood Money"	Matthew Penn	Barry Schindel	December 1, 1999 (1999-12-01)	E1111
214	9	"Sundown"	Jace Alexander	Story by : William N. Fordes & Krista Vernoff Teleplay by : Krista Vernoff	December 15, 1999 (1999-12-15)	E1107
215	10	"Loco Parentis"	Constantine Makris	Richard Sweren & Matt Witten	January 5, 2000 (2000-01-05)	E1115
216	11	"Collision"	David Platt	Story by : William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)	E1116
217	12	"Mother's Milk"	Richard Dobbs	Lynn Mamet & Barry Schindel	February 9, 2000 (2000-02-09)	E1110
218	13	"Panic"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Kathy McCormick & Matt Witten Teleplay by : William N. Fordes & Lynn Mamet	February 16, 2000 (2000-02-16)	E1117
219	14	"Entitled"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Dick Wolf, René Balcer & Robert Palm Teleplay by : Richard Sweren	February 18, 2000 (2000-02-18)	E1112
220	15	"Fools for Love"	Christopher Misiano	Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt	February 23, 2000 (2000-02-23)	E1113
221	16	"Trade This"	Jace Alexander	Story by : René Balcer & Barry Schindel Teleplay by : Barry Schindel	March 1, 2000 (2000-03-01)	E1118
222	17	"Black, White and Blue"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Richard Sweren & Lynne E. Litt Teleplay by : Lynne E. Litt & Matt Witten	March 22, 2000 (2000-03-22)	E1120
223	18	"Mega"	David Platt	Lynn Mamet	April 5, 2000 (2000-04-05)	E1121
224	19	"Surrender Dorothy"	Martha Mitchell	Barry Schindel & Matt Witten	April 26, 2000 (2000-04-26)	E1125
225	20	"Untitled"	Jace Alexander	Story by : Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick Teleplay by : Barry M. Schkolnick	May 3, 2000 (2000-05-03)	E1124
226	21	"Narcosis"	Constantine Makris	Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt	May 10, 2000 (2000-05-10)	E1123
227	22	"High & Low"	Richard Dobbs	Story by : William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17)	E1122
228	23	"Stiff"	Jace Alexander	Story by : René Balcer & Hall Powell Teleplay by : Hall Powell	May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24)	E1119
229	24	"Vaya Con Dios"	Christopher Misiano	René Balcer & Richard Sweren	May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24)	E1108

Season 11 (2000–01)

• Dianne Wiest joins the cast as Nora Lewin in this season and Angie Harmon (Abbie Carmichael) leaves the series at the end of this season.
• This is the first season not to premiere in September.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
230	1	"Endurance"	Constantine Makris	Matt Witten	October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)	E1304
231	2	"Turnstile Justice"	Richard Dobbs	Barry Schindel	October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)	E1303
232	3	"Dissonance"	Lewis H. Gould	Wendy Battles	November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01)	E1307
233	4	"Standoff"	Jace Alexander	P.K. Todd	November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)	E1308
234	5	"Return"	Stephen Wertimer	Aaron Zelman	November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)	E1309
235	6	"Burn Baby Burn"	David Platt	Richard Sweren	November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)	E1306
236	7	"Amends"	Matthew Penn	William N. Fordes	November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)	E1302
237	8	"Thin Ice"	Jace Alexander	Story by : Bernard Goldberg Teleplay by : Barry Schindel & Matt Witten	December 20, 2000 (2000-12-20)	E1310
238	9	"Hubris"	Constantine Makris	Kathy McCormick & Wendy Battles	January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10)	E1311
239	10	"Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?"	Vincent Misiano	William M. Finkelstein	January 17, 2001 (2001-01-17)	E1318
240	11	"Sunday in the Park with Jorge"	James Quinn	William M. Finkelstein	January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)	E1301
241	12	"Teenage Wasteland"	Constantine Makris	Barry Schindel & Aaron Zelman	February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07)	E1315
242	13	"Phobia"	David Platt	Kathy McCormick & Lynn Mamet & Wendy Battles	February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14)	E1313
243	14	"A Losing Season"	Jace Alexander	Barry Schindel & Wendy Battles	February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21)	E1322
244	15	"Swept Away"	James Quinn	William M. Finkelstein	February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28)	E1319
245	16	"Bronx Cheer"	Richard Dobbs	Story by : Richard Sweren & Wendy Battles Teleplay by : Richard Sweren	March 14, 2001 (2001-03-14)	E1316
246	17	"Ego"	James Quinn	William N. Fordes & Wendy Battles	March 21, 2001 (2001-03-21)	E1324
247	18	"White Lie"	Don Scardino	Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman	April 4, 2001 (2001-04-04)	E1312
248	19	"Whiplash"	Richard Dobbs	Matt Witten & Aaron Zelman	April 18, 2001 (2001-04-18)	E1323
249	20	"All My Children"	David Platt	Barry Schindel & Noah Baylin	May 2, 2001 (2001-05-02)	E1326
250	21	"Brother's Keeper"	Constantine Makris	René Balcer & Joe Gannon	May 9, 2001 (2001-05-09)	E1325
251	22	"School Daze"	Richard Dobbs	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : Barry Schindel & Eric Overmyer	May 16, 2001 (2001-05-16)	E1329
252	23	"Judge Dread"	David Platt	Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman	May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)	E1327
253	24	"Deep Vote"	Jace Alexander	William N. Fordes & Matt Witten	May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)	E1331

Season 12 (2001–02)

• Elisabeth Röhm joined the cast as Serena Southerlyn (character named after Dick Wolf’s daughter). Dianne Wiest (Nora Lewin) left the cast at the end of the season.
• In the aftermath of 9/11, the main title voiceover by Steven Zirnkilton was changed for the first few episodes to include the following dedication: "On September 11, 2001, New York City was ruthlessly and criminally attacked. While no tribute can ever heal the pain of that day, the producers of Law & Order dedicate this season to the victims & their families and to the firefighters & police officers who remind us every day with their lives & courage what it truly means to be an American".
• This voiceover was also heard at the beginning of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, whose series premiere was suitably altered to reflect the events; the latter became L&O’s second spin-off.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
254	1	"Who Let the Dogs Out?"	Don Scardino	Kathy McCormick & Douglas Stark	September 26, 2001 (2001-09-26)	E2208
255	2	"Armed Forces"	Martha Mitchell	Richard Sweren & Sean Jablonski	October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03)	E2210
256	3	"For Love or Money"	Constantine Makris	Wendy Battles & Sean Jablonski	October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10)	E2207
257	4	"Soldier of Fortune"	Richard Dobbs	Barry Schindel	October 24, 2001 (2001-10-24)	E2206
258	5	"Possession"	James Quinn	Robert Palm	October 31, 2001 (2001-10-31)	E2202
259	6	"Formerly Famous"	Richard Dobbs	Wendy Battles & Marc Guggenheim	November 7, 2001 (2001-11-07)	E2201
260	7	"Myth of Fingerprints"	David Platt	Story by : Eric Overmyer Teleplay by : Terri Kopp & Aaron Zelman	November 14, 2001 (2001-11-14)	E2209
261	8	"The Fire This Time"	David Platt	David Black	November 21, 2001 (2001-11-21)	E2205
262	9	"3 Dawg Night"	Stephen Wertimer	Story by : Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman Teleplay by : Richard Sweren	November 28, 2001 (2001-11-28)	E2203
263	10	"Prejudice"	Ed Sherin	Jill Goldsmith	December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12)	E2213
264	11	"The Collar"	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren	January 9, 2002 (2002-01-09)	E2214
265	12	"Undercovered"	Jace Alexander	Wendy Battles & Noah Baylin	January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16)	E2220
266	13	"DR 1-102"	Richard Dobbs	Marc Guggenheim & Aaron Zelman	January 30, 2002 (2002-01-30)	E2216
267	14	"Missing"	David Platt	Story by : Barry Schindel Teleplay by : Eric Overmyer & Matt Witten	February 6, 2002 (2002-02-06)	E2212
268	15	"Access Nation"	Constantine Makris	Sean Jablonski & Terri Kopp	February 27, 2002 (2002-02-27)	E2215
269	16	"Born Again"	Jace Alexander	Story by : William N. Fordes Teleplay by : Jill Goldsmith & Matt Witten	March 6, 2002 (2002-03-06)	E2204
270	17	"Girl Most Likely"	Steve Shill	Lynn Mamet	March 27, 2002 (2002-03-27)	E2227
271	18	"Equal Rights"	James Quinn	Terri Kopp	April 3, 2002 (2002-04-03)	E2221
272	19	"Slaughter"	Constantine Makris	Rob Wright	April 10, 2002 (2002-04-10)	E2218
273	20	"Dazzled"	Lewis H. Gould	Eric Overmyer & Matt Witten	April 24, 2002 (2002-04-24)	E2224
274	21	"Foul Play"	Richard Dobbs	Richard Sweren & Stuart Feldman	May 1, 2002 (2002-05-01)	E2222
275	22	"Attorney Client"	Matthew Penn	Jill Goldsmith	May 8, 2002 (2002-05-08)	E2225
276	23	"Oxymoron"	Constantine Makris	Michael Harbert	May 15, 2002 (2002-05-15)	E2217
277	24	"Patriot"	David Platt	William N. Fordes & Sean Jablonski	May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)	E2226

Season 13 (2002–03)

• Dianne Wiest (Nora Lewin) was replaced by Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch) this season.
• "Absentia" was the first episode in the series to have more than 1 director listed.
• With the October 9, 2002 telecast of its 279th episode, "Shangri-La," Law & Order surpassed the original Hawaii Five-O as TV's longest-running crime drama in prime-time, breaking a record that stood for 22 years.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
278	1	"American Jihad"	Constantine Makris	Aaron Zelman & Marc Guggenheim	October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)	E3304
279	2	"Shangri-La"	Constantine Makris	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	E3301
280	3	"True Crime"	Martha Mitchell	Wendy Battles & Noah Baylin	October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16)	E3305
281	4	"Tragedy on Rye"	David Platt	William N. Fordes	October 30, 2002 (2002-10-30)	E3303
282	5	"The Ring"	Richard Dobbs	Michael S. Chernuchin	November 6, 2002 (2002-11-06)	E3309
283	6	"Hitman"	Richard Dobbs	Eric Overmyer	November 13, 2002 (2002-11-13)	E3302
284	7	"Open Season"	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren	November 20, 2002 (2002-11-20)	E3306
285	8	"Asterisk"	Steve Shill	Terri Kopp	November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)	E3308
286	9	"The Wheel"	Richard Dobbs	Jill Goldsmith	December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11)	E3307
287	10	"Mother's Day"	Jace Alexander	Janis Diamond	January 8, 2003 (2003-01-08)	E3311
288	11	"Chosen"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin	January 15, 2003 (2003-01-15)	E3310
289	12	"Under God"	Gloria Muzio	Marc Guggenheim & Noah Baylin	February 5, 2003 (2003-02-05)	E3313
290	13	"Absentia"	Martha Mitchell & Darnell Martin	Eric Overmyer	February 12, 2003 (2003-02-12)	E3314
291	14	"Star Crossed"	David Platt	Richard Sweren	February 19, 2003 (2003-02-19)	E3315
292	15	"Bitch"	Constantine Makris	Michael S. Chernuchin & Roz Weinman	February 26, 2003 (2003-02-26)	E3320
293	16	"Suicide Box"	Matthew Penn	Aaron Zelman	March 26, 2003 (2003-03-26)	E3312
294	17	"Genius"	Jace Alexander	William N. Fordes	April 2, 2003 (2003-04-02)	E3318
295	18	"Maritime"	Gloria Muzio	Wendy Battles	April 17, 2003 (2003-04-17)	E3319
296	19	"Seer"	James Quinn	Jill Goldsmith	April 23, 2003 (2003-04-23)	E3316
297	20	"Kid Pro Quo"	David Platt	Eric Overmyer & Roz Weinman	April 30, 2003 (2003-04-30)	E3325
298	21	"House Calls"	Jace Alexander	Janis Diamond	May 7, 2003 (2003-05-07)	E3323
299	22	"Sheltered"	Richard Dobbs	Terri Kopp	May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14)	E3324
300	23	"Couples"	David Platt	Lorenzo Carcaterra	May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21)	E3317
301	24	"Smoke"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : Michael S. Chernuchin	May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21)	E3322

Season 14 (2003–04)

• This is the second season in the series in which a cast change has not been made from the previous season.
• Jerry Orbach (Lennie Briscoe) left the cast at the end of the season. The character Lennie Briscoe retired from the 27th Precinct and was transferred to the series' third spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, which premiered with L&O next season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
302	1	"Bodies"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes Teleplay by : William N. Fordes	September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24)	E4302
303	2	"Bounty"	Matthew Penn	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)	E4304
304	3	"Patient Zero"	David Platt	Wendy Battles	October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08)	E4301
305	4	"Shrunk"	Jace Alexander	Richard Sweren	October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)	E4305
306	5	"Blaze"	Gloria Muzio	Marc Guggenheim & Aaron Zelman & Michael S. Chernuchin	October 29, 2003 (2003-10-29)	E4309
307	6	"Identity"	Jace Alexander	Janis Diamond	November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05)	E4311
308	7	"Floater"	Richard Dobbs	Eric Overmyer	November 12, 2003 (2003-11-12)	E4307
309	8	"Embedded"	Ed Sherin	Craig Turk	November 19, 2003 (2003-11-19)	E4303
310	9	"Compassion"	Constantine Makris	Roz Weinman	November 26, 2003 (2003-11-26)	E4308
311	10	"Ill-Conceived"	David Platt	Aaron Zelman & Noah Baylin & Michael S. Chernuchin	December 3, 2003 (2003-12-03)	E4306
312	11	"Darwinian"	Jace Alexander	Marc Guggenheim	January 7, 2004 (2004-01-07)	E4313
313	12	"Payback"	Constantine Makris	Lorenzo Carcaterra	January 14, 2004 (2004-01-14)	E4310
314	13	"Married with Children"	Richard Dobbs	Wendy Battles & William N. Fordes	February 4, 2004 (2004-02-04)	E4315
315	14	"City Hall"	Gloria Muzio	Richard Sweren & Marc Guggenheim	February 11, 2004 (2004-02-11)	E4318
316	15	"Veteran's Day"	David Platt	Noah Baylin	February 18, 2004 (2004-02-18)	E4314
317	16	"Can I Get a Witness?"	Don Scardino	Aaron Zelman	February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)	E4320
318	17	"Hands Free"	Gloria Muzio	Janis Diamond	March 3, 2004 (2004-03-03)	E4316
319	18	"Evil Breeds"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Barry Schindel & Noah Baylin Teleplay by : Noah Baylin	March 24, 2004 (2004-03-24)	E4326
320	19	"Nowhere Man"	Martha Mitchell	William N. Fordes	March 31, 2004 (2004-03-31)	E4324
321	20	"Everybody Loves Raimondo's"	Richard Dobbs	Story by : Richard Sweren & Lorenzo Carcaterra Teleplay by : Lorenzo Carcaterra	April 14, 2004 (2004-04-14)	E4327
322	21	"Vendetta"	David Platt	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin & David Nahmod Teleplay by : David Nahmod	April 21, 2004 (2004-04-21)	E4317
323	22	"Gaijin"	Jace Alexander	Wendy Battles	April 28, 2004 (2004-04-28)	E4325
324	23	"Caviar Emptor"	Richard Dobbs	Roz Weinman	May 12, 2004 (2004-05-12)	E4321
325	24	"C.O.D."	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren & Marc Guggenheim	May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)	E4319

Season 15 (2004–05)

• Dennis Farina joined the cast as Joe Fontana this season.
• Elisabeth Röhm (Serena Southerlyn) left the cast midway through the season; in the episode "Ain't No Love" she was replaced by Annie Parisse as Alexandra Borgia in the episode "Fluency".
• Michael Imperioli temporarily replaced Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green) in the last four episodes as Nick Falco while Martin was filming Rent.
• The series' third spin-off was created, Law & Order: Trial by Jury this season. It featured Jerry Orbach reprising his role as Lennie Briscoe, before his death in 2004.
• This was the final season to have 24 episodes.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
326	1	"Paradigm"	Matthew Penn	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : Richard Sweren	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	E5301	18.86[4]
327	2	"The Dead Wives Club"	David Platt	Nick Santora	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	E5307	15.39[4]
328	3	"The Brotherhood"	Jean de Segonzac	Story by : Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr. Teleplay by : Alfredo Barrios, Jr.	September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)	E5304	12.94[5]
329	4	"Coming Down Hard"	Richard Dobbs	Davey Holmes	October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06)	E5308	12.51[6]
330	5	"Gunplay"	Constantine Makris	William N. Fordes & Lois Johnson	October 20, 2004 (2004-10-20)	E5306	13.07[7]
331	6	"Cut"	Richard Dobbs	Wendy Battles	October 27, 2004 (2004-10-27)	E5302	13.23[8]
332	7	"Gov Love"	Michael Pressman	Richard Sweren & Ross Berger	November 10, 2004 (2004-11-10)	E5313	15.15[9]
333	8	"Cry Wolf"	Don Scardino	Nick Santora & Lorenzo Carcaterra	November 17, 2004 (2004-11-17)	E5312	13.80[10]
334	9	"All in the Family"	Jace Alexander	William N. Fordes	November 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)	E5303	12.62[11]
335	10	"Enemy"	Richard Dobbs	Alfredo Barrios, Jr.	December 1, 2004 (2004-12-01)	E5314	14.71[12]
336	11	"Fixed"	Ed Sherin	Roz Weinman & Eric Overmyer	December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08)	E5311	15.69[13]
337	12	"Mammon"	Jace Alexander	William N. Fordes & Douglas Stark	January 5, 2005 (2005-01-05)	E5316	14.28[14]
338	13	"Ain't No Love"	Paris Barclay	Richard Sweren & Lois Johnson	January 12, 2005 (2005-01-12)	E5315	14.69[15]
339	14	"Fluency"	Matthew Penn	Nick Santora	January 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)	E5318	15.12[16]
340	15	"Obsession"	Constantine Makris	Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr.	February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)	E5319	13.16[17]
341	16	"The Sixth Man"	David Platt	Story by : Lois Johnson & Richard Sweren Teleplay by : Lois Johnson	February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)	E5321	13.73[18]
342	17	"License to Kill"	Constantine Makris	Richard Sweren & Stuart Feldman	February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)	E5322	14.54[19]
343	18	"Dining Out"	Jean de Segonzac	Davey Holmes	March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)	E5317	14.66[20]
344	19	"Sects"	Richard Dobbs	Frank Pugliese	March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)	E5324	13.49[21]
345	20	"Tombstone"	Eric Stoltz	Rick Eid	April 13, 2005 (2005-04-13)	E5325	16.85[22]
346	21	"Publish and Perish"	Constantine Makris	Tom Szentgyorgi	April 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)	E5328	14.33[23]
347	22	"Sport of Kings"	Michael Pressman	Story by : Richard Sweren & Nick Santora & Wendy Battles Teleplay by : Richard Sweren & Wendy Battles	May 4, 2005 (2005-05-04)	E5323	11.70[24]
348	23	"In God We Trust"	David Platt	Richard Sweren	May 11, 2005 (2005-05-11)	E5326	12.22[25]
349	24	"Locomotion"	Matthew Penn	Story by : Roz Weinman Teleplay by : Eric Overmyer	May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)	E5329	12.41[26]

Season 16 (2005–06)

• This is the third season in which there were no cast changes in between seasons, as every principal cast member who finished season 15 returned.
  • This is Annie Parisse's first full season in the role of ADA Alexandra Borgia. She joined the cast in the 14th episode of the previous season.
• Parisse and Dennis Farina (Joe Fontana) leave the cast after the season finale.
• Michael Imperioli (Nick Falco) reprises his role in the episode "Hindsight".
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury was canceled by the end of the 2005–06 season, only lasting one season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
350	1	"Red Ball"	Matthew Penn	David Wilcox	September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	16001	13.03[27]
351	2	"Flaw"	Jean de Segonzac	Chris Levinson	September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28)	16002	15.06[28]
352	3	"Ghosts"	Constantine Makris	Rick Eid	October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05)	16003	12.59[29]
353	4	"Age of Innocence"	David Platt	Davey Holmes	October 12, 2005 (2005-10-12)	16005	10.92[30]
354	5	"Lifeline"	Rosemary Rodriguez	Greg Plageman	October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	16006	12.33[31]
355	6	"Birthright"	Constantine Makris	David Slack	November 2, 2005 (2005-11-02)	16007	12.57[32]
356	7	"House of Cards"	Michael Pressman	Wendy Battles	November 9, 2005 (2005-11-09)	16008	10.86[33]
357	8	"New York Minute"	Don Scardino	Nicholas Wootton	November 16, 2005 (2005-11-16)	16009	11.44[34]
358	9	"Criminal Law"	Ed Sherin	David Wilcox	November 23, 2005 (2005-11-23)	16010	11.93[35]
359	10	"Acid"	Michael Pressman	Richard Sweren	November 30, 2005 (2005-11-30)	16011	12.87[36]
360	11	"Bible Story"	Rick Wallace	Richard Sweren	December 7, 2005 (2005-12-07)	16004	12.13[37]
361	12	"Family Friend"	Jean de Segonzac	Philippe Browning	January 11, 2006 (2006-01-11)	16012	12.83[38]
362	13	"Heart of Darkness"	Richard Dobbs	Carter Harris	January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18)	16013	12.38[39]
363	14	"Magnet"	Adam Bernstein	David Black	February 8, 2006 (2006-02-08)	16014	14.53[40]
364	15	"Choice of Evils"	Michael Pressman	David Wilcox	March 1, 2006 (2006-03-01)	16016	12.39[41]
365	16	"Cost of Capital"	Michael Watkins	Story by : Rick Eid Teleplay by : Tom Smuts	March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	16010	11.79[42]
366	17	"America, Inc."	Jean de Segonzac	Richard Sweren	March 22, 2006 (2006-03-22)	16017	9.00[43]
367	18	"Thinking Makes It So"	Tony Goldwyn	Michael S. Chernuchin	March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29)	16019	9.35[44]
368	19	"Positive"	Richard Dobbs	Sonny Postiglione	April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05)	16020	10.84[45]
369	20	"Kingmaker"	Don Scardino	David Slack	May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03)	16018	10.66[46]
370	21	"Hindsight"	Jean de Segonzac	Chris Levinson	May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10)	16021	12.68[47]
371	22	"Invaders"	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren & David Wilcox	May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17)	16022	13.59[48]

Season 17 (2006–07)

• Alana de la Garza (Connie Rubirosa) and Milena Govich (Nina Cassady) joined the cast.
• Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch) and Milena Govich left the cast after the season finale. Govich was replaced by Jeremy Sisto (who guest stars as a defense lawyer in the episode "The Family Hour") who joined the cast as Cyrus Lupo in the next season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
372	1	"Fame"	Jean de Segonzac	Nicholas Wootton	September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)	17001	11.07[49]
373	2	"Avatar"	Vincent Misiano	David Slack	September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	17002	10.03[50]
374	3	"Home Sweet"	Richard Dobbs	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)	17003	9.64[51]
375	4	"Fear America"	Constantine Makris	Sonny Postiglione & Robert Nathan	October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)	17004	9.43[52]
376	5	"Public Service Homicide"	Constantine Makris	Chris Levinson	October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20)	17005	10.20[53]
377	6	"Profiteer"	Arthur W. Forney	David Wilcox	October 27, 2006 (2006-10-27)	17007	9.02[54]
378	7	"In Vino Veritas"	Tim Hunter	David Wilcox	November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03)	17006	10.87[55]
379	8	"Release"	Michael Pressman	Rick Eid & Nicholas Wootton	November 10, 2006 (2006-11-10)	17008	9.57[56]
380	9	"Deadlock"	Alex Chapple	David Slack	November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)	17009	9.94[57]
381	10	"Corner Office"	Joan Stein Schimke	Rick Eid & Richard Sweren	December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)	17010	10.23[58]
382	11	"Remains of the Day"	Constantine Makris	Story by : David Wilcox & Shiya Ribowsky Teleplay by : David Wilcox	January 5, 2007 (2007-01-05)	17011	9.77[59]
383	12	"Charity Case"	Michael Pressman	Nicholas Wootton	January 12, 2007 (2007-01-12)	17012	9.02[60]
384	13	"Talking Points"	Matthew Penn	Michael S. Chernuchin	February 2, 2007 (2007-02-02)	17013	9.53[61]
385	14	"Church"	Constantine Makris	Rick Eid	February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)	17014	9.63[62]
386	15	"Melting Pot"	Jean de Segonzac	Richard Sweren	February 16, 2007 (2007-02-16)	17015	9.01[63]
387	16	"Murder Book"	Constantine Makris	David Wilcox	February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)	17016	8.67[64]
388	17	"Good Faith"	Sam Weisman	David Slack	March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)	17017	7.47[65]
389	18	"Bling"	Karen Gaviola	Matthew McGough	April 6, 2007 (2007-04-06)	17018	8.22[66]
390	19	"Fallout"	Constantine Makris	Sonny Postiglione	April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27)	17019	7.52[67]
391	20	"Captive"	Michael Watkins	Richard Sweren	May 4, 2007 (2007-05-04)	17020	8.88[68]
392	21	"Over Here"	Constantine Makris	William N. Fordes	May 11, 2007 (2007-05-11)	17021	8.30[69]
393	22	"The Family Hour"	Matthew Penn	Richard Sweren & David Slack	May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)	17022	9.23[70]

Season 18 (2008)

• Jeremy Sisto (Cyrus Lupo) and Linus Roache (Michael Cutter) joined the cast.
• Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green) left the cast and was replaced by Anthony Anderson (Kevin Bernard) in the episode "Burn Card".
• Production of the eighteenth season was interrupted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike when executive producer René Balcer and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage, making this season the first to start in January.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
394	1	"Called Home"	Allen Coulter	René Balcer	January 2, 2008 (2008-01-02)	18001	13.45[71]
395	2	"Darkness"	Michael Dinner	William N. Fordes & David Slack	January 2, 2008 (2008-01-02)	18006	13.45[71]
396	3	"Misbegotten"	Michael Watkins	David Wilcox & Stephanie Sengupta	January 9, 2008 (2008-01-09)	18002	11.05[72]
397	4	"Bottomless"	Alex Chapple	Ed Zuckerman	January 16, 2008 (2008-01-16)	18004	11.55[73]
398	5	"Driven"	Alan Taylor	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	January 23, 2008 (2008-01-23)	18009	10.33[74]
399	6	"Political Animal"	Jean de Segonzac	Ed Zuckerman & David Slack	January 30, 2008 (2008-01-30)	18011	11.14[75]
400	7	"Quit Claim"	Jim McKay	William N. Fordes & David Wilcox	February 6, 2008 (2008-02-06)	18010	10.07[76]
401	8	"Illegal"	Constantine Makris	William N. Fordes & David Slack	February 13, 2008 (2008-02-13)	18003	10.24[77]
402	9	"Executioner"	Constantine Makris	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	February 20, 2008 (2008-02-20)	18012	10.85[78]
403	10	"Tango"	Dean White	Stephanie Sengupta	February 27, 2008 (2008-02-27)	18013	11.45[79]
404	11	"Betrayal"	Marc Levin	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	March 5, 2008 (2008-03-05)	18005	9.68[80]
405	12	"Submission"	Constantine Makris	Ed Zuckerman	March 12, 2008 (2008-03-12)	18007	11.68[81]
406	13	"Angelgrove"	Darnell Martin	David Wilcox & Stephanie Sengupta	March 19, 2008 (2008-03-19)	18008	10.45[82]
407	14	"Burn Card"	Mario Van Peebles	Ed Zuckerman & David Wilcox	April 23, 2008 (2008-04-23)	18014	12.63[83]
408	15	"Bogeyman"	Tim Hunter	Story by : Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo Teleplay by : Richard Sweren	April 30, 2008 (2008-04-30)	18015	9.62[84]
409	16	"Strike"	Marisol Torres	William N. Fordes & David Slack	May 7, 2008 (2008-05-07)	18016	8.76[85]
410	17	"Personae Non Gratae"	John Coles	Stephanie Sengupta & Matthew McGough	May 14, 2008 (2008-05-14)	18017	8.35[86]
411	18	"Excalibur"	Jim McKay	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman	May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21)	18018	8.45[87]

Season 19 (2008–09)

• This was the fourth season with no cast changes from the end of the previous season, and it was the first season to start in November.
• During this season, Law & Order: UK made its début in the United Kingdom on ITV1.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
412	1	"Rumble"	Constantine Makris	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	November 5, 2008 (2008-11-05)	19003	7.85[88]
413	2	"Challenged"	Fred Berner	René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman	November 12, 2008 (2008-11-12)	19001	7.91[89]
414	3	"Lost Boys"	Chris Zalla	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	November 19, 2008 (2008-11-19)	19004	7.58[90]
415	4	"Falling"	Michael Watkins	Stephanie Sengupta & Keith Eisner	November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26)	19005	7.63[90]
416	5	"Knock Off"	Constantine Makris	Story by : Jonathan Rintels Teleplay by : William N. Fordes & Matthew McGough	December 3, 2008 (2008-12-03)	19006	11.26[91]
417	6	"Sweetie"	Mario Van Peebles	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10)	19007	7.46[92]
418	7	"Zero"	Marisol Torres	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17)	19002	6.95[93]
419	8	"Chattel"	Jim McKay	William N. Fordes & Matthew McGough	January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07)	19009	10.11[94]
420	9	"By Perjury"	Darnell Martin	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	January 14, 2009 (2009-01-14)	19010	8.20[95]
421	10	"Pledge"	Alex Chapple	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	January 21, 2009 (2009-01-21)	19008	8.49[96]
422	11	"Lucky Stiff"	Marc Levin	Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough	January 28, 2009 (2009-01-28)	19012	8.89[97]
423	12	"Illegitimate"	Josh Marston	Stephanie Sengupta & Keith Eisner	February 4, 2009 (2009-02-04)	19011	8.69[98]
424	13	"Crimebusters"	Alex Chapple	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	February 11, 2009 (2009-02-11)	19013	7.52[99]
425	14	"Rapture"	Fred Berner	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	February 18, 2009 (2009-02-18)	19014	7.15[100]
426	15	"Bailout"	Jean de Segonzac	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	March 11, 2009 (2009-03-11)	19015	7.58[101]
427	16	"Take-Out"	Jim McKay	William N. Fordes & Keith Eisner	March 18, 2009 (2009-03-18)	19016	7.07[102]
428	17	"Anchors Away"	Alex Chapple	Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough	March 25, 2009 (2009-03-25)	19017	7.25[103]
429	18	"Promote This!"	Michael Watkins	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	April 29, 2009 (2009-04-29)	19019	7.69[104]
430	19	"All New"	Roger Young	William N. Fordes & Keith Eisner	May 6, 2009 (2009-05-06)	19020	8.14[105]
431	20	"Exchange"	Ernest Dickerson	Stephanie Sengupta	May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)	19018	7.82[106]
432	21	"Skate or Die"	Norberto Barba	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	May 20, 2009 (2009-05-20)	19021	6.70[107]
433	22	"The Drowned and the Saved"	Fred Berner	Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo	June 3, 2009 (2009-06-03)	19022	8.79[108]

Season 20 (2009–10)

• This was the fifth (and final) season in which the series had no cast changes from the previous season.
• Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) reprised his role in the episode "Fed".
• Prior to the show's cancellation, S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren) announced she was leaving the cast in the season finale after playing her character for sixteen years, the 20th season being her 17th season.^[109]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
434	1	"Memo from the Dark Side"	Fred Berner	René Balcer & Keith Eisner	September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)	20001	6.29[110]
435	2	"Just a Girl in the World"	M.T. Adler	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02)	20002	6.68[111]
436	3	"Great Satan"	Michael Dinner	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09)	20003	7.23[112]
437	4	"Reality Bites"	Constantine Makris	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16)	20004	7.60[113]
438	5	"Dignity"	Jim McKay	Richard Sweren & Julie Martin	October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23)	20005	7.17[114]
439	6	"Human Flesh Search Engine"	Darnell Martin	Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough	October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)	20006	7.00[115]
440	7	"Boy Gone Astray"	Rose Troche	Story by : René Balcer & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner	November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06)	20007	7.99[116]
441	8	"Doped"	Mario Van Peebles	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose	November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06)	20008	8.41[116]
442	9	"For the Defense"	William Klayer	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas	November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13)	20009	7.50[117]
443	10	"Shotgun"	Roger Young	Richard Sweren & Julie Martin	November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)	20010	7.52[118]
444	11	"Fed"	Alex Chapple	Story by : René Balcer & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner	December 11, 2009 (2009-12-11)	20011	8.77[119]
445	12	"Blackmail"	Marc Levin	Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough	January 15, 2010 (2010-01-15)	20012	7.32[120]
446	13	"Steel-Eyed Death"	Michael Pressman	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose & Julie Martin	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)	20013	7.58[121]
447	14	"Boy on Fire"	Rose Troche	Story by : Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough Teleplay by : Luke Schelhaas & Matthew McGough	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)	20014	7.86[121]
448	15	"Brilliant Disguise"	Alex Chapple	Story by : René Balcer & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner	March 8, 2010 (2010-03-08)	20015	5.18[122]
449	16	"Innocence"	Fred Berner	Richard Sweren & Julie Martin	March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15)	20016	6.90[123]
450	17	"Four Cops Shot"	Jim McKay	Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas & Matthew McGough	March 22, 2010 (2010-03-22)	20017	5.93[124]
451	18	"Brazil"	Jean de Segonzac	Story by : René Balcer & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner	March 29, 2010 (2010-03-29)	20018	6.01[125]
452	19	"Crashers"	Darnell Martin	Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose & Julie Martin	May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03)	20019	6.18[126]
453	20	"The Taxman Cometh"	Fred Berner	Story by : Ed Zuckerman & William N. Fordes Teleplay by : William N. Fordes	May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)	20020	6.17[127]
454	21	"Immortal"	Jim McKay	Richard Sweren & Julie Martin	May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)	20021	5.91[128]
455	22	"Love Eternal"	William Klayer	Ed Zuckerman	May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)	20022	6.24[128]
456	23	"Rubber Room"	René Balcer	René Balcer	May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24)	20023	7.60[129]

Home video releases

Season	Episodes	DVD release dates				Bonus features
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Discs
1	22	October 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)[130]	June 16, 2003 (2003-06-16)[131]	April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14)	6	"The Creation of Law & Order" Preview of New Law & Order Interactive Game
2	22	May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)[132]	February 28, 2004 (2004-02-28)[133]	January 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)	3	Law & Order: The First Three Years
3	22	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)[134]	November 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)[135]	March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	3	A Tribute to Jerry Orbach Jerry Orbach Profile Deleted Scenes
4	22	December 6, 2005 (2005-12-06)[136]	July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)[137]	September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	3	Deleted and Extended Scenes
5	23	April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)[138]	July 23, 2007 (2007-07-23)[139]	July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30)	5	America's Top Sleuths
6	23	December 2, 2008 (2008-12-02)[140]	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)[141]	March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04)	5	Homicide: Life on the Street Crossover Episode "For God and Country"
7	23	January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19)[142]	April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12)[143]	April 21, 2010 (2010-04-21)[144]	5	N/A
8	24	December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)[145]	TBA	August 4, 2011 (2011-08-04)[146]	5	Homicide: Life on the Street Crossover Episode "Baby It's You, Part 2"
9	24	December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06)[147]	TBA	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)[148]	5	Homicide: Life on the Street Crossover Episode "Sideshow: Part Two"
Film		June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)[149]	March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)[150]	TBA	1	N/A
10	24	February 23, 2012 (2012-02-23)[151]	TBA	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)[152]	5
11	24	November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)[153]	TBA	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)[154]	5
12	24	February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26)[155]	TBA	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)[156]	5
13	24	November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)[157]	TBA	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)[158]	5
14	24	September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)[159]	TBA	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)[160]	3	Profile: Jesse L. Martin Profile: Fred Dalton Thompson Set Tour with Jerry Orbach Interview with Park Dietz Profiles Teaser
15	24	November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)[161]	TBA	March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02)[162]	5	N/A
16	22	November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)[161]	TBA	March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02)[163]	5
17	22	November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)[161]	TBA	March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02)[164]	5
18	18	May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)[165]	TBA	April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)[166]	4
19	22	May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)[165]	TBA	April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)[167]	5
20	23	May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)[165]	TBA	April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)[168]	5
Total	456	November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)[169]	TBA	TBA	104	Various

See also

• List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes
• List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes
• List of Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes
• List of Law & Order: LA episodes

References

• Episode guide from NBC.com